Tick, tock -- 27 is looming

I am feeling old: My baby is almost 2, I am almost 27 and my husband has the beginning of gray hair. I feel like I should be at retirement age! I look back three years ago when I married my husband, and can't believe it has been that long. It seems like just yesterday we were getting ready for our big day, and now my baby sister is getting ready for hers.

My sister is probably the main reason I am feeling old. For as long as I can remember, she has been some snot-nosed kid who follows me around and annoys the crap out of me while I am being older and more sophisticated with my many awesome friends. She used to stand outside my door when I had friends over and listen to what we were talking about, as well as read my diary and go through all my clothes.

Now here I am nearing 27, and she is nearing 21 and getting ready to walk down the aisle in November. It makes me think about how time is fleeting, and soon it may be my baby walking down that aisle (though if I have my way, he will never leave his mommy).

My mom married my dad when she was 21, and she had me when she was 27. For me, that puts things in perspective. I'm not going to lie, my upcoming 27th birthday and my sister's nuptials have kind of put my hormones into overdrive, and I am seriously thinking about what is next in my life.

Max and I have contemplated having another baby, but I am not sure if I am ready for that. I know my body isn't ready, and neither is our wallet, but my biological clock sure is ticking!

Sometimes I think about how wonderful it was to have that tiny person who relied only on me, and how adorable and sweet he was. Then I walk into my kitchen and my 21-month-old is in the pantry eating and making a mess out of the prunes and Cheerios, saying, "Mommy, need snack!"

Social media isn't helping me be sane, either. Every time I log onto Facebook, another one of my friends is having a baby, and most of them already have one Coop's age or younger. I know there is still time, but would someone please tell that to my brain? Sometimes I am sure that it doesn't listen to me!

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Kristen Pind, a native of small-town Gower, Mo., came to Southeast Missouri State University with big dreams of being the next Katie Couric or Diane Sawyer. She never thought that by age 25, she'd be married with a baby and living in Cape Girardeau. Keep up with Kristen's adventures as a first-time mom -- one who's still a girl trying to figure out how her own life fits together. Turns out, she's living a dream she never knew she had, and loving every minute of it. Kristen invites moms of all types to find her "Baby Steps" page on Facebook.